Research Agenda
Bio
Bringing more than a decade of varying experience crossing multiple sectors such as legal, financial, and tech, Sam Weston is an accomplished professional that excels in ensuring success across various industries. Currently, Sam serves as an Industry Analyst at theCUBE Research where she collaborates closely in the areas of application modernization, DevOps, storage, and infrastructure and brings deep expertise in the systems that power modern enterprises such as ERP, CRM, HCM, CX, and beyond. With a keen eye for research, Sam produces valuable insights and custom content to support strategic initiatives and enhance market understanding. Rooted in the fields of tech, law, finance operations and marketing, Sam provides a unique viewpoint to her position, fostering innovation and delivering impactful solutions within the industry. Sam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems and Business Analytics from Colorado State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Louisiana State University. She is passionate about leveraging her diverse skill set to drive growth and empower clients to succeed.
Research

Unified Gateways, Hybrid Cloud Optionality, and the Kubernetes Ingress Shift: What IT Leaders Need to Know

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 Wrap-Up

Defining Sovereign AI for the Enterprise Era

Powering the Next Phase of Enterprise AI with Distributed Inference and Agentic Intelligence

The Ultra-Resilience Mandate of Standardizing Data for the AI Era

Turning AI Into Performance With DevOps Discipline

Dynatrace Charts the Path to AI-Driven Observability for Measurable ROI

Accelerated Computing and the Evolution of Service as Software

Eliminating Setup Debt and Governing AI Workflows

Dreamforce 2025 Developer Impact and the Rise of the Agentic Enterprise

Securing AppDev in the AI-Explosion

HashiCorp’s Project infragraph Sets the Stage for Autonomous IT

Agentic AI Moves Mainstream as Enterprises Embrace API-Driven Autonomy

The CIO’s Role is Shifting from Security Gatekeeper to Agent Enabler

Data, AI, and the New Mission Imperative

Securing AppDev in the Age of AI and Open Source Risk

Shortcut Bets on AI Product Manager With Korey Launch

Developers Need to Rethink Cloud Cost Management

From Disney Magic to CX Reality
